'Ice' queen rates hudson County jail gets four stars

Reena Rose Sibayan/ Journal PhotoBeverlyn Sierra, an inmate, shows the tube top skater Nicole Bobek made for her during her stay at the Hudson County jail

Nicole Bobek, former figure skating champion, organized a workout class for fellow inmates during her stay at Hudson County jail, which she described as a "four-star" establishment compared to the Florida jail where she was held on drug charges, inmates told The Jersey Journal.

Interviews with inmates and workers at the jail revealed that Bobek mentioned she was an Olympian, but didn't make it a big deal; and she was a model prisoner.

Nicole Bobek

In jail, Bobek also ran into a friend who had also been swept up in the Hudson County methamphetamine ring bust in which 20 people, including the 1995 U.S. skating champ, were arrested. Bobek is charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

"She was very smart and she fit in with everyone, but she seemed a little scared," said Sierra. "She would always like to be alone and she always asked me for a lollipop."

Corrections Officer Latera Griffin, assigned to the dorm where Bobek stayed, said she hardly noticed the former ice queen.

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